Garment hanger



Sept, 28, 1943. w. LOUGH'EED' GARMENT HANGER Filed Feb. 4, 1942 Patented Sept. '28, 1943 D! AT S T HANGER Weni gmnmiigheea;m nt.Mica.)

V r a licat on F r i- 4, 1942, Serial No. 429.4875:

This invention relates to garment hangers the object being to provide a new and improved form and character ofconstruction adapting the same to be made practically entirely of wood elements and thus avoiding the necessity of use of metal,

suchas wireiwhichrequires an additional element such as paper as heretofore used to provide a cover for the trousers supporting member to prevent creasing.

In my improved form of garment hanger the longitudinal member is formed of wood having a rounded upper edge on which trousers or other garments may be supported without creasing.

It is also a feature of the invention to provide a wood strip of a length practically equal to the length of the first named member which is provided with notches near its respective ends to receive opposite ends of the loop element to support it in bowed form and provide a support for a coat or like garment.

These and other objects and features of the invention are hereinafter more fully described and claimed and the preferred embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing the hanger which may be supported as by means of a detachable hook element.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing a looped cord that may be utilized instead of the metal hook element.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the longitudinal member.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the bendable strip for association therewith.

As shown in Fig. 1 the longitudinal member I provided with a notch 2 at each end and lying at opposed angles and the respective opposite ends of the loop member 3 may be introduced into the angular notches'2 to thus support the strip 3 in bowed form. These notches Zbeing at less than a right angle tothe longitudinal axis of the strip l serve to retain the loop portions 3 from withdrawal by weight of a garment on the longitudinal member I.

The longitudinal member I has its upper surface 4 arcuate in form and the strip is of a thickness to avoidcreasing of the garment supported thereon as will be readily understood. The hook 5 shown in Fig. 1 has a base 6 and an upstand ing end I of the wire spacedinthe body of the hook ends in which space the strip 3 may be positioned. The base 6 is of such length that the loop 3 is supported at two spaced points tending to prevent swinging of the garment in respect to the supporting hook member; The hanger may be readily removed from the hook member and; thus, ina tailor sna for instance; avoids. the necessity of providing a wire hook element on delivery of the garment and hangertothe owneror purchaser. By this arrangements, tailor shop for instance, or a clothing store, will retain the wire hook for continued use with successive hangers.

For convenience of the purchaser or user a cord 8, shown in Fig. 2, may be looped about the member 3 and delivered to the purchaser or owner of the garment ready to hang. It is to be noted that the angular relationship of the notches 2 is at such angle to the vertical that the strip 3 does not pull out of the notches due to weight of garment on the longitudinal member I and may be secured together as by means of glue.

It is believed evident from the foregoing description thatthe various objects and features of the invention are attained by the character of construction and arrangement of the parts as described, that the use of metal may be avoided entirely if the cord loop 8 of Fig.2 is utilized; that the member I with its rounded upper surface is of sufficient width to prevent creasing of trousers or other garment supported thereon and that the device serves its purpose equally as well as the wire hangers now in use and is less expensive in manufacture inasmuch as the member I may befinished as to surface contour in long strips and cut to the desired length and that the flexible strip 3 may also be finished to size in long strips and cut to appropriate length for the purpose and may be shipped in knock-down form as shown in Figs. 3 and 4 and assembled at the point of destination. The strips may be readily transported in quantity in the disassembled relation in packages of materially less bulky form than is the case withpackaged wire hangers.

Having thusbriefiy described my invention, its

utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

notches to thereby sustain the strip in a bowed" "form. r W 2. A. garment hanger comprising a wooden cross bar, one of its surfaces being rounded and having notches extending thereinto adjacent each of its ends inclined one toward the other, a flat strip of wood having its ends inserted in the said notches and being of a length to cause the flat strip to assume a bowed form.

3. A garment hanger comprising a wooden bar of rectangular form and having an arcuate face, said face being provided With a notch extending into the body adjacent each end thereof at an (angle one to the other, a fiat strip of wood of a length greater than the distance between the notches whereby insertion of the ends thereof in the s'aidnotches causes the strip to assume an arcuate form and providing a hanger suitable for holding trousers on the bar and a coat or introduction of the ends of the flat strip in the respective notches'in the bar, the said strip is caused to assume a bowed form.

5. A garment hanger comprising a wood strip providing a bar of a generally rectangular form, one of the sides of said strip being rounded, said strip being provided with a notch adjacent each end and opening through the rounded side, and a flat strip of wood of a length approximately equal to the length of the bar whereby on introduction of the ends of the flat strip in the respective notches in the bar, the said strip is caused to assume a bowedform, and an element detachably associated with said fiat strip providing a means for supporting the hanger relative to a fixture such as a hook or bar.

6. A garment hanger comprising a cross bar character, and a flexible flat strip of wood for association therewith, said cross bar having I when the end portions thereof are inserted in the said notches the strip is sustained in a bowed form, the ends of the strip being cemented in the respective notches. I

WELLINGTON LOUGHEED. 

